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Examiner Brian E Weinrich

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 264 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAY 2019
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Brian E Weinrich has allowed 193 of 264 decided applications (73%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

73% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Brian E Weinrich maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across all art units, his pooled record spans 264 disposed applications, with 193 allowed and 71 abandoned. This yields an overall allowance rate of 73% over the decided count. The examiner's record covers one art unit. This statistic reflects historical dispositions and does not predict outcomes for any specific application.

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This pooled record aggregates data across all art units where the examiner has issued decisions. The overall allowance rate of 73% describes past dispositions across 264 decided applications and is not a prediction for any individual case. Aggregate figures in cross-art-unit records reflect the examiner's historical record and do not forecast the outcome of any particular application.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2169
264 APPS · 73% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

73% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 47%
DISPOSITION193 / 71 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22.3 moart unit avg 24.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY43.3 moart unit avg 40 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility51% · art unit 57%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)34%
§103 — Obviousness96% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness80%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW86%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW52%+34 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 167 decided applications with an interview and 97 without.

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Questions about Examiner Brian E Weinrich

  • What is Brian E Weinrich's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's overall allowance rate is 73%, calculated from 193 allowed applications out of 264 disposed applications across all art units.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    This pooled record covers one art unit in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • What does this allowance rate mean for my application?
    The 73% allowance rate is a historical statistic and is not a prediction of the outcome for any specific application. Each application is examined individually on its merits.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Brian E Weinrich has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 264 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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